Florence Bartley Smithburn Watercolor Painting on Paper Floral Still Life

Item Details

A watercolor painting on paper floral still life by well-listed American artist Florence Bartley Smithburn (Indiana, 1904 – 1989). The painting depicts a white and blue vase filled with orange and red flowers rendered in loose exuberant brushstrokes. It is marked to the lower right with the Smithburn Estate stamp. Presented in white matting and wrapped in acetate.

Smithburn studied art the the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis, Indiana, before moving to Uganda for ten years, recording the African tribal way of life with her artwork. Her experiences living in Africa and the United States ultimately shaped her artistic oeuvre, as her art continued to address socio-economic and political issues relevant to the times. Her work has been exhibited widely in Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Atlanta, New York and Indianapolis and has been included in the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Dimensions

-measured mat, visible image measures: 9.5" W x 13.5" H.

Item #

16CIN997-192